Editors: B. Mohan Kumar, P. K. Ramachandran Nair 2011Publisher: Springer Netherlands About the book: This multi-authored volume contains peer-reviewed chapters from the world’s leading researchers and professionals in this topic. It is a compendium of original research articles, case studies, and regional overviews and summarizes the current state of knowledge on carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. The main hypothesis…
The article “Positive but variable effects of crop diversification on biodiversity and ecosystem services”, published in Global Change Biology on 18 July 2021, assembles for the first time a substantial body of empirical evidence on the positive impacts of cultivated biodiversity on agroecosystems. The first author Damien Beillouin, a CIRAD agronomic data analysis specialist, stresses the scope: “Most studies to…
Authors: Damien Beillouin, Tamara Ben-Ari, Eric Malézieux, Verena Seufert, David Makowski 2021 Abstract Ecological theory suggests that biodiversity has a positive and stabilizing effect on the delivery of ecosystem services. Yet, the impacts of increasing the diversity of cultivated crop species or varieties in agroecosystems are still under scrutiny. The available empirical evidence is scattered in scope, agronomic and geographic…
Jochen Hartmann a farmer and agroforester from Germany, has implemented an alley cropping system on his farm – he has planted rows of poplar trees across his fields and combines them with crop production and poultry farming. The poplar trees cover about 10% of his 200 hectares!
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Authors: Robert J. Zomer, Henry Neufeldt, Jianchu Xu, Antje Ahrends, Deborah Bossio, Antonio Trabucco, Meine van Noordwijk, Mingcheng Wang 2016 Abstract Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on…
Authors: Sonja Kay, Carlo Rega, Gerardo Moreno, Michael den Herder, João H.N. Palma, Robert Borekg, Josep Crous-Durane, Dirk Freeseh, Michail Giannitsopoulosi, Anil Gravesi, Mareike Jäger, Norbert Lamersdorf, Daniyar Memedemin, Rosa Mosquera-Losada, Anastasia Pantera, Maria Luisa Paracchini, Pierluigi Paris, José V. Roces-Díaz, Victor Rolo, Adolfo Rosati, Mignon Sandor, Jo Smith, Erich Szerencsits, Anna Varga, Valérie Viaud, Rafal Wawer, Paul J. Burgess,…
Authors: Chris Reij and Dennis Garrity 2016 Abstract We present examples of large-scale farmer-managed natural regeneration of woody species in Africa to create new agroforestry systems. We also analyze two cases in Ethiopia of large-scale natural regeneration. The available evidence shows that the average costs per hectare of promoting on-farm natural regeneration are low as soon as farmers are familiar…
Authors: Miguel A. Altieri and Clara I. Nicholls 2020 Abstract The COVID-19 crisis has created a moment where existing calls for agroecology acquire new relevance. Agroecology provides a path to reconstruct a post-COVID-19 agriculture, one that is able to avoid widespread disruptions of food supplies in the future by territorializing food production and consumption. There are five main areas in…
Authors: Ossi I. Ollinaho and Markus Kröger 2021 Abstract This article canvasses the current definitions and framings of “agroforestry” in different academic literature and policies. Three key framings of “agroforestry” are identified in the scholarship and explored for their differences. The findings suggest that the distinct schools of research on “agroforestry” focus on distinct points of departure, and these baseline…
Authors: P. K. Ramachandran Nair 1993Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers About the book: Agroforestry has come of age during the past fifteen years. During this period, activities and interest in agroforestry education and training have increased tremendously, as in other aspects of agroforestry development. Today, agroforestry is taught at the senior undergraduate and postgraduate levels in many institutions around the world, either…
Authors: Mario Torralbaa, Nora Fagerholma, Paul J. Burgessc, Gerardo Morenod, Tobias Plieningera 2016 Abstract Agroforestry has been proposed as a sustainable agricultural system over conventional agriculture and forestry, conserving biodiversity and enhancing ecosystem service provision while not compromising productivity. However, the available evidence for the societal benefits of agroforestry is fragmented and does often not integrate diverse ecosystem services into…